Flexible hand cultivator



Jan. 9, 1923. 1,441,789.

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v FLEXR BLE HAND CULTIVATOR.

FILED JAN. 14, 1922.

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application filed January 142, 1922.

To all '21; 7mm it may concern Be it known that l, HAROLD Donennnar,

a citizen oi the United States, residing in the city of Tryon and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useiul improvements in Flexible Hand Cultivators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is a flexible hand cultivator for garden use, and the object is to prov de a relatively light hand cultivator, carrylng a light gasoline engine for operating the cultivator disks, and embodying a flexible shaft at theend whereof the disks are rotatably mounted; and by means of which the disksmay be moved laterally as the machine proceeds along the row oil. vegetables, l'or the purpose oltcutting away weeds and loosen ing up the soil between the plants in the same row, as well. as between the rows themselves.

lln the drawings:

Figure '1. is a side elevation ol? the cultr vator.

lligure 2 a plan view.

lligure 8 is a lj'ront view.

l n carrying out this invention a light chassis 1 is provided having a set of front tractor wheels 2, and a rear castor wheel 9f, and carrying a light gasoline engine 3. fil rac tire power is transmitted from the engine to the wheels in any ordinary manner, tor the purpose of propelling the CUl'lIVELEOI along the ground. it handle bar t extends trom the chassis rearwardly and ends in the grip handle 5, used for steering the machine along between the rows. A flexible shalt 6 is connected to the drive shaft 7 oil the engine, or otherwise driven by the engine, and extends thence backwardly and downwardly, and carries at its free end a culti; vator disk 8 having cutting teeth 9 arranged 7 The disk 8 may be made on its under side.

detachable from the shaft 6 in any conventional manner, and thus interchangeable disks of variously designed cutting teeth may be provided and mounted at will on the shalt. An adjusting and operating handle 10 is secured at ii to the end of the flexible shalt ti and extends up to the hand oil? the operator. in engine throttle rod 12 slides serial lilo. 529,396.

in the brackets 13 on the bar 4, and ends in a hook 14 immediately under the handle 5, thus affording means for the ready control ot' the engine.

The operation and use of the machine is apparent from the foregoing description.

l Vhile l have herein described. a certain specific method of constructing and assembling the elements of my invention, it is understood same may be varied in minor details, not departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A flexible hand cultivator, comprising a light chassis and engine; a grip handle eX tended baokwardly from the chassis; a flea; ible shaft connected with the engine shaft and extended back and down; a cultivator disk attached to the free end of the flexible shaft; and an operating handle attached to the lower end of the flexible shaft independently ot' the connection of the disk.

2. ll flexible hand cultivator, comprising a light chassis and engine, the two being tractively connected; a grip handle attached to and extended back from the chassis; a throttle rod slidingly attached to the handle; a flexible shaft operable by the engine and extended back and down; a toothed cultivator disk releasably attached to the free end oi the flexible shaft; and an operating handle attached to the lower end of the flexible shaft independently oi? the connection of the disk. I

3. it hand cultivator including a light chassis having i'ront traction wheels and provided with a rear caster wheel, an engine mounted on the chassis and connected with the traction wheels, a flexible shaft extending downwardly and rearwardly from the engine over the caster wheel, a toothed cultivator disk detachably connected to the lower end or": the flexible shaft, a handle secured. to the lower end of the flexible shalt independently or"? the attachment of the cultivator dish; and a separate handle connected with the chassis and having a grip located adjacent the upper end of the said handle. nan-one llllllBlil lllili'. l Vitne-sses J. FOSTER ranites, ll. 1 lnrrrnn. 

